Whispers in the Dark

What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight;

what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs.   Matthew 10:27

To hear from God, our expectancy is to have a Charlton Heston, in the role of Moses, experience.  You'll be deluged by a blinding light from the Almighty of the Universe.  The light drowns out all shadows as your body reverberates to a booming proclamation that stuns you and everyone within a mile radius.

 

Or, as Jesus notes, in the evening or morning darkness, likely during your quiet time, you catch your breath, His still voice fills you with encouragement and with an embrace that consumes you within Christ’s compassion.  And, then, … a whisper enters your spirit, a soft breath whispers a few words of truth that burns upon your soul.  The words are faint, you hear it as though it's thunder and you're overwhelmed.  Not unlike the truth that burned upon Isaiah’s lips (Isa 6:5).  Or, as Job declared, “And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?” (Job 26:14).

What are we to do?  It begins when we are still, in quiet darkness… that is when God can pour his Spirit out upon you.  His whisper ignites a fire, its flame burns within you giving off His light as others hear God’s message coming through you.  It is from a rooftop, or maybe at a coffee shop table, you take his whisper and in broad daylight – where everyone can see – you openly give the ears needing encouragement, hope, peace, and joy in Christ the whisper burning within you.  

Hearing Whispers in the Dark, sharing them in daylight,

Owen <><